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News Facebook must face lawsuit alleging violation of privacy
Facebook must face lawsuit alleging violation of privacy
Alexandra Farone
December 26, 2014 01:30:00 pm

Facebook failed in its attempt to dismiss a lawsuit that claims it scans users' private messages for the names of websites and adds "likes" for the users to each website for targeted advertising purposes. The original lawsuit...

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News North Carolina AG to appeal abortion law ruling
North Carolina AG to appeal abortion law ruling
Taylor Brailey
December 26, 2014 01:22:03 pm

North Carolina's Attorney General (AG) Roy Cooper announced Friday that he plans to appeal a recent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that struck down the state's ultrasound...

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News South Carolina lawmakers propose bill to pay college athletes
South Carolina lawmakers propose bill to pay college athletes
Alexandra Farone
December 26, 2014 10:59:26 am

A bill (S.171) that has been pre-filed in the South Carolina Senate would make certain state colleges pay their student basketball and football players if the bill becomes law. The bill was proposed December 3 by...

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News Israel high court orders West Bank settlement demolished
Israel high court orders West Bank settlement demolished
Taylor Brailey
December 26, 2014 10:35:42 am

Israel's Supreme Court ruled Friday to demolish a Jewish settlement at Amona in West Bank. The ruling resulted from a lawsuit brought decades ago by Palestinians who claimed to own the land to...

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News Saudi Arabia women activists arrested for driving transferred to terrorism tribunal
Saudi Arabia women activists arrested for driving transferred to terrorism tribunal
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 25, 2014 09:05:58 pm

A court in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia's eastern province, has ordered that the criminal cases against Loujain Hathloul and Maysaa Alamoudi , two women's rights activists, be transferred to a special tribunal for terrorism in Riyadh. The...

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News Death row inmates challenge Ohio execution secrecy law
Death row inmates challenge Ohio execution secrecy law
Julie Deisher-Edwards
December 25, 2014 06:56:14 pm

Four death row inmates filed a complaint on Wednesday challenging Substitute House Bill 663 , a measure providing for the confidentiality of entities involved in the manufacture of drugs for use in capital punishment by lethal injection,...

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Obama to expedite closing of Guantanamo Bay
Brittany Felder
December 25, 2014 10:45:16 am

The Obama Administration announced on Wednesday that it plans to expedite the closing of Guantanamo Bay . Over the next six months the administration plans to transfer 64 detainees. President Obama has been in contact...

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UN adopts resolutions to reinforce emergency humanitarian response
Brittany Felder
December 25, 2014 10:37:12 am

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted three draft resolutions to reinforce the UN's emergency humanitarian response. The drafts were adopted without a vote, and they concerned international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of...

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Amnesty: Islamic State torture of Yezdi captives
Taylor Brailey
December 24, 2014 04:04:35 pm

Amnesty International (AI) issued a briefing on Tuesday that said the Islamic State (IS) has exposed Iraq's Yezdi minority to violence and torture. The briefing details the torturous behaviors IS has exhibited towards Yezdi women, including...

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FDA to end ban on blood donations from gay men
Steven Wildberger
December 24, 2014 11:11:00 am

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday announced a plan to end the practice of indefinitely banning men who have ever engaged in sexual acts with other men from donating blood. "With greater knowledge of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Anita Hill testifies about Clarence Thomas sexual harassment

Attorney Anita Hill testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991 about sexual harassment she suffered from her former supervisor Clarence Thomas, who was nominated by President Ronald Regan for a seat on the US Supreme Court. The US Senate would later confirm Thomas by a vote of 52–48 despite Hill's testimony. Watch the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings on CSPAN.

Vatican II opens

On October 11, 1962, the Second Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church convened in Rome, Italy. Over the next three years, the conference modernized Church Law for the modern era. The most noticeable changes included the celebration of mass in the vernacular, a new emphasis on the role of laypersons, and a greater acceptance of other faiths. Read documents from Vatican II from Church archives.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

Harlan Fiske Stone born

On October 11, 1872, Harlan Fiske Stone, future Columbia Law School dean (1910-1924), US Attorney General under President Calvin Coolidge (1924-25), US Supreme Court Associate Justice (1925-41) and Chief Justice (1941-46), was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire.

As part of a political compromise, Stone became the first Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours on January 28, 1925.

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